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Brown bin to compost bin?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    We have ours all year round here. Every week.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited October 2020
    Yes we do. I can't remember how much but it's not particularly expensive and worth it to me for getting rid of sticks, rose branches, ivy and poor composers etc.
    Edited for poor composters but decided to leave poor composers in too😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    The composers must take up a lot of space - no wonder you're weekly!  ;)
    East Lancs
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I knew she was putting bodies in those bins.... :D

    At least Beethoven wouldn't hear the bin lorry coming
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    edited October 2020
     :D:D:D
    East Lancs
  • Ferdinand2000Ferdinand2000 Posts: 537
    Fairygirl said:
    I knew she was putting bodies in those bins.... :D

    At least Beethoven wouldn't hear the bin lorry coming
    Surely Beethoven should be buried in your beetroot patch. B)

    You would have a very harmonious garden.
    “Rivers know this ... we will get there in the end.”
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The colour green was already used for recycling for obvious reasons. Brown for garden waste -a composty colour, Food waste caddies are grey -like mould. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Green bin is general waste for us, brown for garden waste and blue for recycling. nothing for food waste - mostly compost bin in the garden for us.
    East Lancs
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @B3 - so you pay for it, but they only collect six months of the year? Seems odd.

    Lots of us have been sharing brown bins in our area which works well as few of us use our bins every single week.

    There is no national co-ordination of recycling or any waste plans. It's all run by local councils - which is pretty disastrous. There is a strong argument for centralising and standardising the whole process.
  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    Southampton is green for ordinary waste, blue for recycle and brown for garden. About £50 for fortnightly collections. You can download the collection days from the council website. Printed out it's on my kitchen notice board otherwise I'd never remember!
    Southampton 
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